Clever Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Clever Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Clever family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 44
Agricultural Labourer 11
Labourer 5
Painter 3
House Servant 3
Assistant 2
Copper Miner 2
Laundress 2
Servant 2
Weaver 2
Wife 2
Stone Mason 2
Gardener 2
Sales Woman 2
Blacksmith 1
Grocer 1
Agricultural Labourer Wife 1
Commercial Traveller 1
Green Grocer 1
House Painter 1
Nurse 1
Painter & Water Colliery 1
Plough Boy 1
Draper 1
Labourer Post Master 1

Clever Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Cleaver 86% 16,713
2 Calver 67% 10,871
3 Clover 83% 6,716
4 Culver 67% 4,303
5 Cliver 83% 1,871
6 Colver 67% 1,730
7 Clever 100% 1,502
8 Claver 83% 395
9 Cleever 86% 264

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The surname Clever is the 7th most popular variant of Cleaver.

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